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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 18, 2018Brunswick County, Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Brunswick County, VA, City of Emporia, VA, Greensville County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson45 min
Aug 18, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk35 min
Aug 18, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach47 min
Aug 18, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, Richmond53 min
Aug 18, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing William39 min
Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates40 min
Aug 18, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates46 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck54 min
Aug 18, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans40 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.